Daughters of Africa

est une anthologie de récits oraux et d'œuvres littéraires de plus de 200 femmes d'Afrique et de la diaspora africaine, constituée et introduite par Margaret Busby, Kevin Meeks, "Two Types of Revelation" (review of Daughters of Africa), Black Enterprise, mars 1993, .. Une seconde anthologie, New Daughters of Africa, lui fait suite en 2019.

Contenu Publié en 1992 "Daughters of Africa edited by Margaret Busby", Kinna Reads, 24 septembre 2010., à Londres par Jonathan CapeCandida Lacey, "Daughters of Africa Twenty-five years later", Wasafiri, 32(4), novembre 2017, ., et à New York par Pantheon Books, Daughters of Africa est considéré généralement comme un travail de pionnier Margaret Busby profile, African Writing in Britain., couvrant une variété de genres, y compris la fiction, les essais, la poésie, le théâtre, les récits autobiographiques et la littérature pour la jeunesse "Daughters of Africa", Goodreads.. Il comprend des travaux traduits en anglais à partir de langues africaines ainsi que d'écrits en néerlandais, en français, en allemand, en portugais, en russe et en espagnol "50 Books by African Women that Everyone Should Read", What's_On Africa, Royal African Society, 30 juin 2014. Meserette Kentake, "Daughters of Africa", Kentake Page, 17 décembre 2013..

Origine du titre Le titre de l'anthologie provient d'une déclaration  de 1831 de Maria W. Stewart (1803-1880), la première femme afro-américaine à donner des conférences publiques, dans lequel elle dit: .

Réception L'ouvrage a été bien accueilli lors de sa publication. Evie Arup écrit dans The Weekly Journal : Evie Arup, "Books: Daughters of Africa", The Weekly Journal (Issue 29), 12 novembre 1992, .. Le chroniqueur de The Independent note : . Le Library Journal qualifie l'anthologie de "Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent and from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present", Barnes & Noble., tandis que The Washington Post le considère comme .

Auteures présentes dans cette anthologie Plus de 200 femmes sont mises en exergue dans cette anthologie, notamment :

Opal Palmer Adisa

Ama Ata Aidoo Grace Akello Zaynab Alkali Ifi Amadiume Maya Angelou Red Jordan Arobateau Mariama Bâ Toni Cade Bambara Valerie Belgrave Gwendolyn B. Bennett Louise Bennett-Coverley Julia Berger Eulalia Bernard Ian I. Smart, "Eulalia Bernard: A Caribbean Woman Writer and the Dynamics of Liberation", Letras Femeninas, Vol. 13, No. 1/2 (1987), . Ayse Bircan "Tales of Travel, Daughters of Africa", ICA talks. British Library. Annette Madden, "Ayse Bircan: Turkish activist", In Her Footsteps: 101 Remarkable Black Women from the Queen of Sheba to Queen Latifah, Berkeley, California: Conari Press, 2000, pp. 56–57. Becky Birtha Valerie Bloom Marita Bonner Dionne Brand Jean "Binta" Breeze Virginia Brindis de Salas Erna Brodber Gwendolyn Brooks Barbara Burford Annie L. Burton Abena Busia "Busia, Abena", Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences. Dinah Anuli Butler Octavia E. Butler Joan Cambridge "Clarise Cumberbatch Want to go Home by Joan Cambridge", Books do furnish a room, 31 août 2015. Aída Cartagena Portalatín Adelaide Casely-Hayford Gladys Casely-Hayford Marie Vieux-Chauvet Alice Childress Michelle Cliff Lucille Clifton Merle Collins Maryse Condé Anna Julia Cooper J. California Cooper Jayne Cortez Christine Craig Jane Tapsubei Creider Tsitsi Dangarembga Angela Davis Thadious Davis "Thadious M. Davis", Department of English, University of Pennsylvania. Noémia de Sousa Lucy Delaney Nafissatou Niang Diallo Rita Dove Mabel Dove Danquah Kate Drumgoold Alice Dunbar-Nelson Zee Edgell Zilpha Elaw Buchi Emecheta Alda do Espírito Santo Mari Evans Jessie Redmon Fauset Charlotte Forten Grimké Aline França Femi Ojo-Ade, "Interview with Aline França, Afro-Brazilian Woman Writer", dans Being Black, Being Human: More Essays on Black Culture, Africa World Press, 1996, pp. 247–266. Amy Jacques Garvey Beryl Gilroy Nikki Giovanni Vivian Glover "Shades on a Dream — Vivian Glover", BookOxygen. Marita Golden Jewelle Gomez Lorna Goodison Hattie Gossett Rosa Guy Lorraine Hansberry Frances E. W. Harper Hatchepsout Iyamide Hazeley Meserette Kentake, "When You Have Emptied Our Calabashes by Iyamide Hazeley", 4 mai 2015. Bessie Head Georgina Herrera"Georgina Herrera", Cubana Books, California State University. Saida Hagi-Dirie Herzi Chantal Zabus, "Between Rights and Rites: Excision on Trial in African Women's Texts and Contexts", dans Peter H. Marsden, Geoffrey V. Davis (dir.), Towards a Transcultural Future: Literature and Human Rights in a 'Post'-Colonial World, Rodopi, 2004, . Merle Hodge Billie Holiday bell hooks Pauline Hopkins Akasha Gloria Hull Marsha Hunt Kristin Hunter Zora Neale Hurston Noni Jabavu Mattie Jane Jackson Harriet Jacobs Carolina Maria de Jesus Alice Perry Johnson Izetta Roberts Cooper, Kyra E. Hicks, Liberia: A Visit Through Books, Lulu.com, 2008, . "Alice Perry Johnson", The Liberian Connection - Africa. Amryl Johnson Stewart Brown, "Amryl Johnson" , The Guardian, 29 mars 2001. Georgia Douglas Johnson Claudia Jones Gayl Jones Marion Patrick Jones June Jordan Jackie Kay 'Masechele Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla Kathleen E. Sheldon, "Khaketla, Caroline Ntseliseng 'Masechele", Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa, Scarecrow Press, 2005, . Yelena Khanga Jamaica Kincaid Mwana Kupona Msham Ellen Kuzwayo Alda Lara Nella Larsen Andrea Lee Audre Lorde Elise Johnson McDougald Terry McMillan Naomi Long Madgett Lina Magaia Barbara Makhalisa Emmanuel Chiwome, "Makhakisa, Barbara", in Simon Gikandi (ed.), Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge, 2003, . Zindzi Mandela Paule Marshall Una Marson Annette Mbaye d'Erneville Pauline Melville Louise Meriwether Gcina Mhlope Anne Moody Mary Monroe Pamela Mordecai Nancy Morejón Toni Morrison Micere Githae Mugo Pauli Murray Gloria Naylor Citeku Ndaaya Lauretta Ngcobo Grace Nichols Rebeka Njau Flora Nwapa Sekai Nzenza Grace Ogot Molara Ogundipe-Leslie May Opitz Gabriela Pearse Ann Petry Marlene Nourbese Philip J. J. Phillips Ann Plato Velma Pollard Marsha Prescod Mary Prince Nancy Gardner Prince Reine de Saba Christine Qunta "Christine Qunta", Poetry Foundation."Christine Qunta", Who's Who Southern Africa. Joan Riley Astrid Roemer Carolyn Rodgers Marta Rojas Lucinda Roy Jacqueline Rudet"Jacqueline Rudet", Unfinished Histories. Kristina Rungano Sandi Russell Diana Collecott, "Sandi Russell obituary", The Guardian, 14 août 2017. Sonia Sanchez Simone Schwarz-Bart Mary Seacole Mabel Segun Olive Senior Dulcie September Ntozake Shange Jenneba Sie Jalloh Joyce Sikakane "Sikakane, Joyce Nomafa (1943—)", Encyclopedia.com. Zulu Sofola Aminata Sow Fall Anne Spencer Eintou Pearl Springer Maria W. Stewart Maud Sulter Efua Sutherland Véronique Tadjo Susie Taylor Lourdes Teodoro Mary Church Terrell Lucy Terry Awa Thiam Charles F. Peterson, Dubois, Fanon, Cabral: The Margins of Elite Anti-colonial Leadership, Lexington Books, 2007, , note 55. Elean Thomas Buzz Johnson, "Elean Thomas" (obituary), The Guardian, 31 juillet 2004. Miriam Tlali Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Adaora Lily Ulasi Bethany Veney Charity Waciuma Alice Walker Margaret Walker Michele Wallace Myriam Warner-Vieyra Angelina Weld Grimké Ida B. Wells Dorothy West Phillis Wheatley Zoë Wicomb Sherley Anne Williams Harriet E. Wilson Sylvia Wynter

Éditions Margaret Busby (ed.), Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present. Première édition, Londres : Jonathan Cape, 1992 , 1089 pages. — Londres: Vintage Books, 1993 . — New York: Pantheon Books, 1992 . — New York: Ballantine/One World Books, 1994 "Celebrate Black History Month with the many worlds of African Americans from One World Books", The Crisis, janvier 1994, . .

Références

Bibliographie Carole Boyce-Davies, "Women and Literature in the African Diaspora", Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember, Ian Skoggard (dir.), Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World, Volume 1, .

Liens externes Aubrey, "Daughters of Africa", Goodreads, le . Margaret Busby, "Granddaughters of Africa", des Écrivains du Commonwealth, le . Kinna Likimani, "Daughters of Africa edited by Margaret Busby", Kinna Lit, le .

Catégorie:Livre paru en 1992 Catégorie:Anthologie en littérature